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he voted with john boehner on the fiscal cliff, so he didn't go over the fiscal cliff. so this is a bit of a -- >> he did write the op ed in the "wall street journal" that seemed to turn the tide there. but again, ask paul. paul's smart enough to speak for himself. >> so congressman, here we are 16 days later, $24 billion of the economy not there because of what happened with the government shutdown and other things in the last few weeks here. if you could go back in time and convince republicans to follow your lead, how would you have done this? what would you have done? obviously you're concerned about the debt and deficit as a lot of your colleagues are who are now talking about that as opposed to it about obama care. what would you have said? >> what john boehner and eric cantor said they wanted to do, which was to give a continuing resolution, clean resolution, fund the government through the second week of september and go right to the debt ceiling and negotiate that for fourer of five weeks. that way the public would be on our scythe side. they wouldn't have had
he voted with john boehner on the fiscal cliff, so he didn't go over the fiscal cliff. so this is a bit of a -- >> he did write the op ed in the "wall street journal" that seemed to turn the tide there. but again, ask paul. paul's smart enough to speak for himself. >> so congressman, here we are 16 days later, $24 billion of the economy not there because of what happened with the government shutdown and other things in the last few weeks here. if you could go back in time...
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and is the house really going to take the country over a fiscal cliff? i'll speak with two powerful congressmen, democrat steve israel and republican darrell issa. they are here to debate. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with breaking news right now. the credit rating agency fitch, fitch has placed the united states aaa long-term foreign and local currency default ratings right now in what they call rating watch negative. the ratings of all outstanding u.s. sovereign debt securities have also been placed on that status along with u.s. short-term foreign currency rating procedures. this is a serious development right now. in 31 hours from now, this country could actually start defaulting on its debt, sending shock waves around the world. a senate deal to reopen the government temporarily and raise the debt ceiling is on hold. the house speaker john boehner is warning against a default but he may not have the votes to pass a tougher counter proposal so are both sides digging in right now? the stakes clearly enormous. republic
and is the house really going to take the country over a fiscal cliff? i'll speak with two powerful congressmen, democrat steve israel and republican darrell issa. they are here to debate. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with breaking news right now. the credit rating agency fitch, fitch has placed the united states aaa long-term foreign and local currency default ratings right now in what they call rating watch negative. the ratings of all...
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this is exactly what happened to john boehner when we had the fiscal cliff at the end of last year. people make demands, and you're entitled to make all the demands you want, but at the end of the day, if you won't give them 218 votes, you've surrendered the majority and turned him into someone who's powerless. >> chris, speaking of demands, there's this conventional wisdom out there. we heard john mccain saying it, that the democrats have the republicans cornered. but there's this contrarian notion that's percolating that every time congress goes through one of these crises, these fights, the president has to concede on spending levels. does that make you nervous? >> well, i mean, it doesn't make me nervous. i think it's the unfortunate reality. when i hear people talk about this deal and somehow the republicans are caving, republicans are surrendering. i need to remind everyone that the spending level that is being agreed to that at least would extend through january and february, depending how you look at it, is basically what the republicans wanted in terms of the cr level. we'r
this is exactly what happened to john boehner when we had the fiscal cliff at the end of last year. people make demands, and you're entitled to make all the demands you want, but at the end of the day, if you won't give them 218 votes, you've surrendered the majority and turned him into someone who's powerless. >> chris, speaking of demands, there's this conventional wisdom out there. we heard john mccain saying it, that the democrats have the republicans cornered. but there's this...
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boehner let it come up for a vote. it passed, that fiscal cliff was avoided. the only difference the last type was biden was directly involved with mitch mcconnell. this time harry reid is involved with mitch mcconnell. what do we anticipate happening during the course of today. >> was we speak, president obama has been out making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with youngsters at this food pantry in d.c. to try to highlight some of the effects of the shutdown and to show many of the volunteers at this pantry are furloughed workers, folks who have not been working and using their time for a good cause. i think he's trying to kind of maybe some folks don't always have a ton of sympathy for government workers but he's certainly trying to show some there, as well. he will took this opportunity to really i think ratchet up a little bit of pressure on the house of representatives. he said there is some progress on the senate side. he said, but he also called the government shutdown completely unnecessary. he acknowledged, as well that there are certainly differe
boehner let it come up for a vote. it passed, that fiscal cliff was avoided. the only difference the last type was biden was directly involved with mitch mcconnell. this time harry reid is involved with mitch mcconnell. what do we anticipate happening during the course of today. >> was we speak, president obama has been out making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with youngsters at this food pantry in d.c. to try to highlight some of the effects of the shutdown and to show many of the...
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the fiscal cliff last year, in a book called "the price of politics." the paperback version is out now. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> good to see you. so in this afterword, you write about the 2012 negotiation. >> the most recent one. >> most recent one. having covered the 2011 one as a white house correspondent, i was hoping it would get better between boehner and obama, but as you read the 2011 and the afterword about 2012 and then you see this, it seems to be getting worse. >> yes. it makes your head hurt, because i mean, the speaker's chief of staff is quoted in the book saying that we, the republicans in the house, are primarily a blocking majority. that means in playing defense, they are going to stop things and you see now, they tried to reach down to something that wasn't just blocking, but to change obama care. they have backed off from that strategy. i think that is the good news here. and they're willing to do something on the debt ceiling at least for six weeks. the problem is i'm not sure boehner and the president have closed the
the fiscal cliff last year, in a book called "the price of politics." the paperback version is out now. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> good to see you. so in this afterword, you write about the 2012 negotiation. >> the most recent one. >> most recent one. having covered the 2011 one as a white house correspondent, i was hoping it would get better between boehner and obama, but as you read the 2011 and the afterword about 2012 and then you see this, it...
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>> we now know the united states will in fact go over the fiscal can cliff at midnight tonight. >> it's almost like whack a mole. as soon as they get one thing done, another one pops up. >> gloria borger is here. >> it's groundhog day and you're in it and i'm in it and you're in it. we're going through it all over again. so let's do a little -- we're going to take a little trip down memory lane, okay? december 2010, wolf, we showed that in that clip. that was one month after republicans took control of the house. you remember when the tea party was so popular? congress came back for a lame duck session because the government was running out of money and the bush tax cuts were expiring. so what did they do? they extended some of those tax cuts, extended them all and guess what they did. they kicked the can down the road. that will be a theme of our discussion, wolf, kicking the can down the road. so that brings us to summer -- >> the summer of 2011 and that debt ceiling crisis. >> that long, hot summer. remember that fight? there was a grand bargain, you'll recall, and then there wasn't
>> we now know the united states will in fact go over the fiscal can cliff at midnight tonight. >> it's almost like whack a mole. as soon as they get one thing done, another one pops up. >> gloria borger is here. >> it's groundhog day and you're in it and i'm in it and you're in it. we're going through it all over again. so let's do a little -- we're going to take a little trip down memory lane, okay? december 2010, wolf, we showed that in that clip. that was one month...
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. >> reporter: less than two months since the fiscal cliff that resulted in tax increases on wealthy americans. boehner notes the idea for the automatic cuts originated in the white house adding mr. president, we agree that your sequester is bad policy. what spending are you willing to cut to replace it? the white house fires back pointing out boehner seems satisfied when it was all set in motion two years ago as part of the debt ceiling deal of 2011. >> when you look at this deal that i came with the white house, i got 98% of what i wanted. i'm pretty happy. >> max baulk cause saying that the president shares some of -- as you mentioned, at the top of this piece, wolf, the president is speaking with a number of local tv stations around the country. it's part of the white house plan to go over the heads of congress and sort of sell the administration's position on these forced budget cuts to the american people and, wolf, i had a chance to ask a top gop aide up on capitol hill whether or not the administration is engaging in any new outreach with members of congress, with leaders on
. >> reporter: less than two months since the fiscal cliff that resulted in tax increases on wealthy americans. boehner notes the idea for the automatic cuts originated in the white house adding mr. president, we agree that your sequester is bad policy. what spending are you willing to cut to replace it? the white house fires back pointing out boehner seems satisfied when it was all set in motion two years ago as part of the debt ceiling deal of 2011. >> when you look at this deal...
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back when they were talking a bar gone to avoid the fiscal cliff. is there a problem seeing america's number one family man alongside tiger? is that it. or is the president entitled to much deserved down time with friends? so talkback today. should we have the right to see the president play golf with tiger woods? i'll start with you, ron? >> good morning. i think he should in all fairness release some photographs of him either teeing off with tiger or perhaps when they finished. he has the right to have his own down time. but the american people deserve to see what the president of the united states will be doing. if he's going to be out playing golf, we deserve to see what he's up to? >> i don't see the big deal in not allowing a photo to be taken frankly. what's the big deal? >> maybe he's a lousy golfer. the larger issue is how people feel about obama going on vacation. he really hasn't gone on vacation nearly as much as jovrj bush or ronald reagan. i don't care. maybe he's a lousy golfer. maybe tiger woods is asking for marriage advice. i don't
back when they were talking a bar gone to avoid the fiscal cliff. is there a problem seeing america's number one family man alongside tiger? is that it. or is the president entitled to much deserved down time with friends? so talkback today. should we have the right to see the president play golf with tiger woods? i'll start with you, ron? >> good morning. i think he should in all fairness release some photographs of him either teeing off with tiger or perhaps when they finished. he has...
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cliff. but don't expect another delay. >> there won't be easy off-ramps on this one. the days of 11th hour negotiations are over. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner said if democrats soar worried they should come up with a solution. >> the sequester is there because the president insisted that it be there. >> reporter: it was washington's version of a valentine's day greeting sealed with a kiss. yesterday afternoon, senate democrats came up with a proposal to replace the sequester but republicans don't like it because it includes new tax increases. both sides have some time to work something out but once again it is a game of budget beat the clock. i talked to a leadership aide who said, unless the president wants to accept major cuts in spending, this is likely to happen. >> it's the same arguments at its core that we've been dealing with. it's not a flashy, fun topic to be talking about but it really does hit at all levels if this sets in. >> and the items that we mentioned in that pi
cliff. but don't expect another delay. >> there won't be easy off-ramps on this one. the days of 11th hour negotiations are over. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner said if democrats soar worried they should come up with a solution. >> the sequester is there because the president insisted that it be there. >> reporter: it was washington's version of a valentine's day greeting sealed with a kiss. yesterday afternoon, senate democrats came up with a proposal to...
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cliff negotiations. here's a look at a point where negotiations broke down between the president and john boehner and eric cantor when cantor insisted on no new tax revenue. >> and at one meeting the president's chief of staff thought cantor went too far. >> there was a time where he kind of jumped in to correct the president and with a tone that was a little disrespectful of the president and the president took great umbrage. >> the president says this isn't a bluff, don't call my bluff and literally walks out, and this is a bit of a thunderclap for everyone to say the least. and its eight frightening. >> this is a look at the debt ceiling debate in 2011. it's interesting to watch parts of the documentary. you realize some of it is the scary music you put behind it. how much was at stake in here? take us back to the negotiations, were you able to figure out really at the end of the day who was at fault in this? >> when you look at the clash of personalities and the people who were involved, boehner, can
cliff negotiations. here's a look at a point where negotiations broke down between the president and john boehner and eric cantor when cantor insisted on no new tax revenue. >> and at one meeting the president's chief of staff thought cantor went too far. >> there was a time where he kind of jumped in to correct the president and with a tone that was a little disrespectful of the president and the president took great umbrage. >> the president says this isn't a bluff, don't...
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the proposals that i put forward during the fiscal cliff negotiations in discussions with speaker boehner and others, are still very much on the table. i just want to repeat. the deals that i put forward, the balanced approach of spending cuts, and entitlement reform and tax reform that i put forward, are still on the table. i've offered sensible reforms to medicare and other entitlements, and my health care proposals achieve the same amount of savings by the beginning of the next decade as the reforms that have been proposed by the bipartisan bowles-simpson fiscal commission. these reforms would reduce our government's bill -- what's up, cameramen? come on, guys. they're breaking my flow all the time. these reforms would reduce our government's bills by reducing the cost of health care, not shifting all of those costs on to middle class seniors or the working poor or children with disability, but nevertheless achieving the kinds of savings that we're looking for. but, in order to achieve the full $4 trillion in deficit reductions that is the stated goal of economists and our elected lead
the proposals that i put forward during the fiscal cliff negotiations in discussions with speaker boehner and others, are still very much on the table. i just want to repeat. the deals that i put forward, the balanced approach of spending cuts, and entitlement reform and tax reform that i put forward, are still on the table. i've offered sensible reforms to medicare and other entitlements, and my health care proposals achieve the same amount of savings by the beginning of the next decade as the...
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twice now boehner with sandy and then the fiscal cliff deal has had -- depended on a majority of democrats and reasonable edge of the opposition, reasonable amount of republicans to go along with it. can this sustain itself? that is barack obama's best hope of a legacy piece in the second term. >> everybody stand by because we have some important news coming up. >> let me guess, band related. >> band related. not only the marching band, we have rock n roll. we have solid rock n roll. also, listening to grambling, we have alino cho. who's the designer of the first lady's gown? stand by. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] don't just reject convention. drown it out. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. an entirely new pursuit. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm brooke baldwin live in washington, d.c. her
twice now boehner with sandy and then the fiscal cliff deal has had -- depended on a majority of democrats and reasonable edge of the opposition, reasonable amount of republicans to go along with it. can this sustain itself? that is barack obama's best hope of a legacy piece in the second term. >> everybody stand by because we have some important news coming up. >> let me guess, band related. >> band related. not only the marching band, we have rock n roll. we have solid rock...
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we saw speaker boehner bring up something without a majority of the majority on the fiscal cliff, which was a big move for him. so, now, is that the beginning of something where, you know, you can actually see a way where the president. let me ask him, let me ask him. >> and he did on the hurricane. is there a way now that he can, that the president can work with the speaker and republicans on this? >> well, of course. but two things. one, barney's definition coming together is when 30 of us appeal and agree with their position. >> that is his position. >> coming together is finding common ground and common ground means that both sides have to say, you know, i'm not getting 100% of what i want. this scenario is, you get most of what you want and a few republicans are shamed into crossing the line. let's take the debt limit discussion, for instance. the president won the election and all about taxes and he got his taxes. $60 billion a year and runs the government for five days. he has to challenge his party on spending, which he has not been willing to do. >> first of all, we're not talk
we saw speaker boehner bring up something without a majority of the majority on the fiscal cliff, which was a big move for him. so, now, is that the beginning of something where, you know, you can actually see a way where the president. let me ask him, let me ask him. >> and he did on the hurricane. is there a way now that he can, that the president can work with the speaker and republicans on this? >> well, of course. but two things. one, barney's definition coming together is when...
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between the fiscal cliff, between the election of speaker boehner. i think people are realizing that the american people are a little trired of drama. but that does not mean that republicans are not committed to addressing the spending policies, addressing the holistic problem. we can't just do it in pieces. at some point the budge it has tot to be balanced as we all balance our budgets at home. but i do think in politics things come in a pendulum. we've had a pendulum of instability, arguing, fighting. i think we'll see it come back to the middle sooner rather than later. >> you think there will be no drama with the debt ceiling? >> oh, absolutely. we should have a little drama. we didn't get into this mess simply by spending our way into it. i think we have to look at it in a wholistic way, in terms of revenues, in terms of spending cuts. but, you know, the republicans did the right thing in terms of making sure that the country doesn't default on its obligation. but we still have a sequester coming up. i mean, that is spending cuts across the boar
between the fiscal cliff, between the election of speaker boehner. i think people are realizing that the american people are a little trired of drama. but that does not mean that republicans are not committed to addressing the spending policies, addressing the holistic problem. we can't just do it in pieces. at some point the budge it has tot to be balanced as we all balance our budgets at home. but i do think in politics things come in a pendulum. we've had a pendulum of instability, arguing,...
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john boehner who was humiliated in the fiscal cliff situation, he needs a vote in the house where most of his republicans would not support it. and it's impossible to imagine that happen. >> so what do you think will happen? >> the obama administration will tee it up, do executive action and bring it to 2014. i do think they believe that the politics shifted enough, they can make some republicans pay a price that they would not even be willing to vote. >> but remember, in 1994, the assault weapons bill passed and the democrats got mauled at the polls after that. and a lot of people remember that, especially in the west and the south. and you're right, margaret, a lot of democrats don't want to touch this issue either. i'm just saying there is no common ground, because the people who don't want gun control, they don't want gun control and recognize they will pay a price politically for supporting gun control. >> since 1994, there are not as many democrats in the conservative districts as there used to be. and i think we've seen some of the conservative democrats who exist moving in resp
john boehner who was humiliated in the fiscal cliff situation, he needs a vote in the house where most of his republicans would not support it. and it's impossible to imagine that happen. >> so what do you think will happen? >> the obama administration will tee it up, do executive action and bring it to 2014. i do think they believe that the politics shifted enough, they can make some republicans pay a price that they would not even be willing to vote. >> but remember, in...
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having been humiliated in the fiscal cliff situation, he's going to have to find a situation that would allow a vote in the house where most of his republicans would not support it and his own stated policy, it's possible to imagine that happening. >> what do you think is going to happen? >> nothing. >> the obama straight will tee it up to executive action and bring it to 2014. i think they believe the politics has shifted enough they can make some republicans pay a price for not being willing to even hold a vote. >> remember in 1994 the assault weapons ban passed and the democrats got mauled at the polls afterwards and a lot of people remember that, especially in the west or the south. a lot of democrats don't want to touch this either. but i'm saying there's no common ground here because the people who don't want gun control, they don't want gun control and they recognize that they will pay a price politically for supporting gun control and -- >> there are not as many democrats in those conservative districts as there used to be. we've seen. so conservative democrats who still exist m
having been humiliated in the fiscal cliff situation, he's going to have to find a situation that would allow a vote in the house where most of his republicans would not support it and his own stated policy, it's possible to imagine that happening. >> what do you think is going to happen? >> nothing. >> the obama straight will tee it up to executive action and bring it to 2014. i think they believe the politics has shifted enough they can make some republicans pay a price for...
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we have a couple of fiscal cliffs over the next two months. do we have any idea what kind of negotiator he'll be and he'll drive a tough bargain with the speaker of the house, john boehner. >> as the chief of staff of the white house, that's a key issue. you got to be able to be tough, you got to be able to negotiate. if you were grading the white house and its negotiating abilities in the last few months, you may not give them a very high grade. what you get in jack lew is a guy who is highly, specifically familiar with the budgeting process. i wouldn't normally say this, that that's the most important thing a treasury secretary needs to do, regulation is another big area. but right now we're in a budget problem. i don't know whether jack lew is the right pick for the next four years. but certainly if you're picking a treasury secretary for the next six or eight months, this is a guy who knows the details, the complexity of budgeting. i will remind you, brooke, we haven't had a budget in this country since april of 2009. the basic thing gover
we have a couple of fiscal cliffs over the next two months. do we have any idea what kind of negotiator he'll be and he'll drive a tough bargain with the speaker of the house, john boehner. >> as the chief of staff of the white house, that's a key issue. you got to be able to be tough, you got to be able to negotiate. if you were grading the white house and its negotiating abilities in the last few months, you may not give them a very high grade. what you get in jack lew is a guy who is...
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. ♪ >>> word that house speaker john boehner's plan d aimed at averting the fiscal cliff and house makers won't resume business until after christmas. dana bash is joining me now. what is the latest? >> reporter: the latest is that this is bad news for the speaker. very bad news for the speaker. i would even say devastating. this is a political move that he made for one main purpose and that is to show the president and, more importantly, to show the american people that republicans are at least for keeping taxes low for americans making up to $1 million and more importantly they are okay with raising taxes for people making more than $1 million. he simply could not get the votes from fellow republicans in order to put this bill on the floor. they tried. i was watching on the house floor. the moves of many of the house leaders trying to cajole their fellow republicans to back the speaker on this and at the end of the day they simply could not get the votes and they went home. we are told that the speaker told rank-and-file republicans that he's going to continue to try to meet with the pr
. ♪ >>> word that house speaker john boehner's plan d aimed at averting the fiscal cliff and house makers won't resume business until after christmas. dana bash is joining me now. what is the latest? >> reporter: the latest is that this is bad news for the speaker. very bad news for the speaker. i would even say devastating. this is a political move that he made for one main purpose and that is to show the president and, more importantly, to show the american people that...
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from the fiscal cliff, senate democrats saying that plan b is d.o.a. the question is really can president obama and speaker boehner come together. the good news is they're both tough negotiators and both have been making significant concessions. so the question is what would that look like for most americans. well, first of all, the president has said he would make the top rate $400,000 instead of $250,000. significant concession. and saying he's open to chain indexing of the cpi for social security. that is hugely controversial with liberal democrats who say it's essentially a concession on one of the most prized programs of the democratic legacy. the speaker, being open to raise not just revenue but rates. a big concession. and taking the debt ceiling limit potentially off the table for two years. now, the problem is that the activists in both parties are howling at what they see are unacceptable concessions, saying that no deal is better than a bad deal. that is the challenge for both men in negotiations going forward. other aspects, the president p
from the fiscal cliff, senate democrats saying that plan b is d.o.a. the question is really can president obama and speaker boehner come together. the good news is they're both tough negotiators and both have been making significant concessions. so the question is what would that look like for most americans. well, first of all, the president has said he would make the top rate $400,000 instead of $250,000. significant concession. and saying he's open to chain indexing of the cpi for social...
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house speaker john boehner negotiating by phone with the president monday afternoon. the speaker's office released this photo to show he is trying to cut a broad deal to reduce the deficit and avert the fiscal cliff, even though he's also now pursuing what he calls plan "b." >> our plan "b" would protect american taxpayer, who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. >> according to sources in the room, the speaker described this backup plan to house republicans as a way to try to inoculate the gop from political blame if fiscal cliff compromise talks fail. >> the point was, we have to face reality. the reality is that the president was re-elected, that taxes, if we do nothing on every american are going up on january the 1st. >> reporter: another goal of this new plan "b" tactic, try to force the president to agree that any package to reduce the deficit be equal parts tax increases and spending cuts. >> that, at this point, would be my version of a balanced approach. >> reporter: part of the republican strategy is also to call the
house speaker john boehner negotiating by phone with the president monday afternoon. the speaker's office released this photo to show he is trying to cut a broad deal to reduce the deficit and avert the fiscal cliff, even though he's also now pursuing what he calls plan "b." >> our plan "b" would protect american taxpayer, who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. >> according to sources in the room, the speaker described...
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. >>> but with two weeks left before the fiscal cliff deadline, john boehner has come up with a plan b. details on that plan next. questions? anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. it's lots of things. all waking up. ♪ becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ trees will talk to networks will talk to scientists about climate change. cars will talk to road sensors will talk to stoplights about traffic efficiency. the ambulance will talk to patient records will talk to doctors about saving lives. it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. the next big thing? we're going to wake the world up. ♪ and watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. ♪ cisco. tomorrow starts here. >>> 14 days now. 14 days until we hit the fiscal cliff. we have a friend freenzy of mov washington. let me just
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. >>> 14 days and kouptsing to the fiscal cliff. boehner letting taxes increase on $1 million a year, a plan b, short-term step to avoidsdyñ mae spending cuts and tax hikes that would affect every american starting january 1st. listen. >> every income tax filer in america's going to pay a higher rate january 1st, unless congress abilitiy octobers. i believe it's important that we protect as many american taxpayers as we can. and our plan b would protect american taxpayers who make $1 million or less and are all of their current rates extended. >> want to bring in our white house correspondent dan lothian. we know that the president says, look, campaigned on those earning more than $250,000 would not see a tax increase. now it's been raises to about i believe $400,000. where are we in the negotiations here? >> reporter: that's where it stands. i think it was the dramatic development overnight when the president did shift from something he had been pushing out on the campaign trail and the last few weeks saying essentially no deal co
. >>> 14 days and kouptsing to the fiscal cliff. boehner letting taxes increase on $1 million a year, a plan b, short-term step to avoidsdyñ mae spending cuts and tax hikes that would affect every american starting january 1st. listen. >> every income tax filer in america's going to pay a higher rate january 1st, unless congress abilitiy octobers. i believe it's important that we protect as many american taxpayers as we can. and our plan b would protect american taxpayers who...
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we thought there was a bright spot on the brink of the fiscal cliff. just when we thought that the spirit of compromise was in the air mr. boehner decided to throw the press conference that is about to begin. supposedly mr. boehner is going to introduce a plan b because negotiations aren't moving along fast enough. let's head to the white house because dan lothian is covering the story, too. just an hour ago i talked to you about this bright spot and compromise in the air. what the heck happened? >> it is like a see saw going up and down. from speaker boehner's office we are told that there is this sense of urgency with the clock winding down to the big deadline. there is concern that there hasn't been an agreement. and so the speaker wants to open up the second track or the plan b as you have just mentioned. and my colleague hearing from a gop source that that plan b would be some kind of legislation to extend those bush era tax cuts for those making up to $1 million. that is the plan b right now. as for reaction from the white house i did reach out t
we thought there was a bright spot on the brink of the fiscal cliff. just when we thought that the spirit of compromise was in the air mr. boehner decided to throw the press conference that is about to begin. supposedly mr. boehner is going to introduce a plan b because negotiations aren't moving along fast enough. let's head to the white house because dan lothian is covering the story, too. just an hour ago i talked to you about this bright spot and compromise in the air. what the heck...
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he's trying to reach some kind of agreement here so they can prevent that fiscal cliff from happening, as that clock winds down. it appears that both sides much closer together now but still a little ways to go. >> dan, today a big day when speaker john boehner faces the republican caucus of the house. dan lothian in washington thank you very much. >>> he was a witness to pearl harbor, earned the congressional medal of honor, tributes pouring in for daniel inouye. he died yesterday at the age of 88, the second longest serving member ever beyond the late senator robert byrd of west virginia. former vet bob dolan said "senator inouye was one of the senate's giants. he believed in civility and compromise when necessary and he was a good, good friend." senator dole and inouye long before they were both senators were in a military hospital for almost two years together in michigan while they were both recovering from their injuries from world war ii. two great friends. soledad back to you in newtown. >> my goodness and the story of what he did, what happened when he lost his arm and how he
he's trying to reach some kind of agreement here so they can prevent that fiscal cliff from happening, as that clock winds down. it appears that both sides much closer together now but still a little ways to go. >> dan, today a big day when speaker john boehner faces the republican caucus of the house. dan lothian in washington thank you very much. >>> he was a witness to pearl harbor, earned the congressional medal of honor, tributes pouring in for daniel inouye. he died...
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there may be a ray of hope in the fiscal cliff discussions. overnight, we learned president obama gave some pretty serious ground in his proposal to john boehner. in his revised pitch, the president suggesting that tax rates would rise on incomes over $400,000. previously, he wanted higher taxes on households starting at $250,000 and offering new subpoenai i spending cuts. the president is now pand speak boehner, will meet with colleagues to update them on negotiations. it could be a difficult meeting. dan lathi ilothian in washingto appears within the last 24 hours, some real, concrete movement. >> that's right. the big question, can speaker boehner sell this proposal to house republicans? it was a big break through yesterday when speaker boehner met with president obama at the white house for 45 minutes and this is dramatic, because the president had held now for so long that taxes had to go up on households making more than 250,000 and now the president raising that ceiling to 400,000. in addition, the president looking for 1$1.2 trillion i
there may be a ray of hope in the fiscal cliff discussions. overnight, we learned president obama gave some pretty serious ground in his proposal to john boehner. in his revised pitch, the president suggesting that tax rates would rise on incomes over $400,000. previously, he wanted higher taxes on households starting at $250,000 and offering new subpoenai i spending cuts. the president is now pand speak boehner, will meet with colleagues to update them on negotiations. it could be a difficult...
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. >>> fiscal cliff talks may be gaining momentum. president obama met with john boehner after boehner indicated he was willing to make new concessions. it was a face-to-face meeting, their third in eight days. it is important and a good thing. it lasted 45 minutes. it has been 501 days since the united states lost its top credit rating. >>> elsewhere in politics a big decision in south carolina. governor nikki haley appointed tim scott to replace out going senator jim demitt. he will not only black member and will only fill the seat until a special election is held in november 2014. those results will determine who fills the remaining two years of the term. you may recall earlier this month he said he was resigning by january 1st to lead a conservative think tank where he said he could make a bigger difference than he does in the senate. an independent review of how the state department handled the attack on the consulate in benghazi has been submitted to hillary clinton and it will be sent to members of congress before they attend a
. >>> fiscal cliff talks may be gaining momentum. president obama met with john boehner after boehner indicated he was willing to make new concessions. it was a face-to-face meeting, their third in eight days. it is important and a good thing. it lasted 45 minutes. it has been 501 days since the united states lost its top credit rating. >>> elsewhere in politics a big decision in south carolina. governor nikki haley appointed tim scott to replace out going senator jim demitt....
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. >> fiscal cliff talks may be gaining some momentum. president obama met with house speaker john boehner after boehner indicated he was willing to make new concessions. it was a face-to-face meeting, their third in eight days. a dpeeal could help the country get our aaa rating back. elsewhere in politics, a big decision in south carolina. governor nikki haley has represented kim scott to replace outgoing senator jim demint. scott will be the senate's only black member, but will only hold the position until the election in 2014. you mail recall that earlier this month, demint said he was resigning from the senate by january 1st to lead a conservative think tank where he said he could make a bigger difference than he does in the senate. >> and an independent review of how the american embassy handled the attack on the consulate. they will have a closed-door briefing on wednesday. they'll be briefed by the members who conducted the review. >>> well, earlier today, newtown began the unbearable task of saying good-bye to two of friday's youn
. >> fiscal cliff talks may be gaining some momentum. president obama met with house speaker john boehner after boehner indicated he was willing to make new concessions. it was a face-to-face meeting, their third in eight days. a dpeeal could help the country get our aaa rating back. elsewhere in politics, a big decision in south carolina. governor nikki haley has represented kim scott to replace outgoing senator jim demint. scott will be the senate's only black member, but will only hold...
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toward averting so-called fiscal cliff. this meeting was 45 minutes long this time. over the weekend, the speaker proposed raising tax rates on those making over a million dollars a year. cnn has learned he's also proposing a one-year extension of the government's borrowing limit, which could avert yet another ugly debt ceiling debate. meanwhile, congressional source tells us in exchange, speaker boehner is pushing for a trillion dollars in spending cuts including to medicare, which so far the white house has opposed, and for now the president is also holding fast to his desire to raise tax rates on incomes beginning at $250,000. a lot less than the million dollars speaker baner is p erbo proposing now. brooke, back to you in newtown. >>> back here live in newtown on this monday, the tragedy here in connecticut, it has many americans debating gun laws. and today one senator, who is a gun owner, is making some surprising comments about what congress should do very soon. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setti
toward averting so-called fiscal cliff. this meeting was 45 minutes long this time. over the weekend, the speaker proposed raising tax rates on those making over a million dollars a year. cnn has learned he's also proposing a one-year extension of the government's borrowing limit, which could avert yet another ugly debt ceiling debate. meanwhile, congressional source tells us in exchange, speaker boehner is pushing for a trillion dollars in spending cuts including to medicare, which so far the...
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we are only 15 days away from this fiscal cliff. so the president and house speaker john boehner met again today at the white house. what they're trying to do, well, they're trying to reach this deficit reduction deal by january 1st, top of next year. if they don't do it, automatic spending cuts, they're going to go into effect. practically everyone's taxes are going to go up as well. well, a source is telling cnn that speaker boehner has now agreed, in some form, to raising taxes on people making $1 million a year or more. the white house still wants a tax increase on households that are earning more than $250,000 or more. >>> south carolina's governor announced her choice to replace republican senator jim demint. governor nikki haley is appointing gop congressman tim scott as demint's successor. now scott will become only the second african-american republican senator since reconstruction. demint is resigning from the senate to lead the heritage foundation. that, of course, a conservative think tank in washington. he made that ann
we are only 15 days away from this fiscal cliff. so the president and house speaker john boehner met again today at the white house. what they're trying to do, well, they're trying to reach this deficit reduction deal by january 1st, top of next year. if they don't do it, automatic spending cuts, they're going to go into effect. practically everyone's taxes are going to go up as well. well, a source is telling cnn that speaker boehner has now agreed, in some form, to raising taxes on people...
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to discuss the fiscal cliff negotiations. as you know, there have been phone calls, and there's been a lot of optimism in recent days because of some willingness, apparently, to compromise on the part of republicans. and so this meeting taking place within the hour here at the white house. it's unclear whether what we're seeing here is the last few minutes before a formal agreement is reached or still some tough issues to work out. but what i can confirm is that speaker boehner and the president meeting here at the white house to discuss those ongoing negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> reporter: all right, dan lothian for us. thank you. i want to go over to capitol hill now where our senior congressional correspondent, dana bash, is also following the developments. what can you add? >> reporter: we can add some interesting new details about where the discussions are. this mostly comes from excellent reporting from our congressional producer, deirdre walsh. and that is roughly a $2 trillion framework. this is something
to discuss the fiscal cliff negotiations. as you know, there have been phone calls, and there's been a lot of optimism in recent days because of some willingness, apparently, to compromise on the part of republicans. and so this meeting taking place within the hour here at the white house. it's unclear whether what we're seeing here is the last few minutes before a formal agreement is reached or still some tough issues to work out. but what i can confirm is that speaker boehner and the...
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. >>> looks like house speaker john boehner is putting more on the table to avoid that fiscal cliff. a source close to the talks tells cnn boehner is offering to raise the debt ceiling. something republicans oppose. he's also proposing higher taxes for those who make $1 million a year or more. president pushing for higher taxes for those making $250,000 a year. >>> in money news, some 6 million credit card holders will get a welcome gift, a refund. discover american express and capital one giving back $435 million as ordered by the government as part of a crackdown on deceptive practices. the refund should be out by the end of march. >>> in the weather, parts of the pacific northwest are getting hit by the worst storm in six years. you're looking at mt. rainier. a tow truck driver was killed on sunday when he was run over by another car in near whiteout conditions. this storm could drop three feet of snow on the area. >>> back to newtown now. the big question, what's next for the students at sandy hook elementary? when will they be returning tos c classes? can you imagine sorting thr
. >>> looks like house speaker john boehner is putting more on the table to avoid that fiscal cliff. a source close to the talks tells cnn boehner is offering to raise the debt ceiling. something republicans oppose. he's also proposing higher taxes for those who make $1 million a year or more. president pushing for higher taxes for those making $250,000 a year. >>> in money news, some 6 million credit card holders will get a welcome gift, a refund. discover american express...
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avoiding the fiscal cliff. we are mere weeks from that, you know, basically kicking in, first of the year. that's when everyone's taxes would be going up. that happened just yesterday. and also you have all these pro union protests happening not too far away in lansing, michigan. we have a correspondent there as well. we'll talk to here. jessica yellin to you in washington. and, first things first, you think here michigan, you think the birth place of unions and you think about all these people who are very frustrated with this, everything i read, it seems to be pretty much a done deal, this right to work legislation, that the governor has indicated he would sign. these are the folks who helped elect the president not too long ago. should the president step in and go to bat for them? >> well, you know, the unions have been enormously supportive of the president as you point out. not only during this campaign, not only as foot stole jer sold helping get out the vote, but also financially with their dollars. the
avoiding the fiscal cliff. we are mere weeks from that, you know, basically kicking in, first of the year. that's when everyone's taxes would be going up. that happened just yesterday. and also you have all these pro union protests happening not too far away in lansing, michigan. we have a correspondent there as well. we'll talk to here. jessica yellin to you in washington. and, first things first, you think here michigan, you think the birth place of unions and you think about all these people...
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the fiscal cliff. we're not reading out details of the conversation, but the lines of communication remain open. cnn's dan lothian is at the white house this morning. dan, i guess the fact that the lines of communication are open is a good sign. >> reporter: that's right. it is a good sign. it was just about a week ago that we were reporting about how nothing was going on, not in public and not in private. aides up on the hill, republican aides telling us there were no phone calls, no e-mails, no communication whatsoever. so this is encouraging in that the president sat down face to face with speaker boehner, but i think it's telling that both the speaker's office and white house put out these identical statements. i mean, what it shows here is that they've agreed to negotiate in private. there's a strategy here not to make this play out in public but rather happen behind closed doors so they can hash this out, hammer this out. it's unclear whether this will continue at that level. i did communicate wi
the fiscal cliff. we're not reading out details of the conversation, but the lines of communication remain open. cnn's dan lothian is at the white house this morning. dan, i guess the fact that the lines of communication are open is a good sign. >> reporter: that's right. it is a good sign. it was just about a week ago that we were reporting about how nothing was going on, not in public and not in private. aides up on the hill, republican aides telling us there were no phone calls, no...
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coming up next. >>> president obama, john boehner, if they reach a deal on the fiscal cliff, maybe it has nothing to do with politics. according to "snl," the president feels really, really bad for the speaker. a clip of that, pretty funny. straight ahead. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no way. [ male announcer ] sorry. alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast acting decongestant to relieve your stuffy nose. [ sighs ] thanks! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus. ♪ oh what a relief it is! ♪ [ male announcer ] to learn more about the cold truth and save $1 visit alka-seltzer on facebook. and now -- i got a great new way to get deals. it's called bankamerideals, from bank of america. i choose the cash back deals in my mobile or online banking. i just use my bank of america debit or credit car
coming up next. >>> president obama, john boehner, if they reach a deal on the fiscal cliff, maybe it has nothing to do with politics. according to "snl," the president feels really, really bad for the speaker. a clip of that, pretty funny. straight ahead. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ]...
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fiscal cliff. >> gone too soon. a mexican-american singing superstar killed as a small plane plunges into a mountain range. >> just devastated for them. i'm really feeling for them. >> raw and emotional. two radio hosts talk about the family of the nurse who took her own life after getting duped by their prank call. >>> good morning, to you. welcome to "early start." welcome back, mr. berman. >> it is great to be here. i was on vacation for a week. now i'm back. i'm john berman. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. i am feeling that. but this, they are talking for the first time in over three weeks. president obama and house speaker john boehner looked each other in the eye and actually had a conversation. now that's a really big deal when it comes to the fiscal cliff crisis. because in just 22 days americans face severe tax hikes and spending cuts unless these two leaders can find a way to compromise. now neither side would discuss specifics about their conversation. but after yesterday's white house meet
fiscal cliff. >> gone too soon. a mexican-american singing superstar killed as a small plane plunges into a mountain range. >> just devastated for them. i'm really feeling for them. >> raw and emotional. two radio hosts talk about the family of the nurse who took her own life after getting duped by their prank call. >>> good morning, to you. welcome to "early start." welcome back, mr. berman. >> it is great to be here. i was on vacation for a week. now...
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we have more now on those fiscal cliff talks today between president obama and house speaker john boehner. emily schmidt is in washington. >> reporter: it this been 23 days since president obama and house speaker john boehner met face to face to talk about how to avert it. that's until they met this afternoon. this was a surprise meeting. nobody spotted boehner coming or going. nobody is saying much beyond two statements, one from the white house, from one boehner's office. the wording here is identical, ening with this, the lines of communication remain open. the two men last spoke by phone on wednesday. ontry, mr. boehner said the white house had wasted another week for potential compromise. we don't know what prompted this meeting, just that for the first time in a while, the two sides are agreeing on something even if it's just the wording of their statements and keeping tight lipped about what was said. don? >> emily, thank you very much. >>> in today's meetings between president obama and speaker boehner, is it a sign we're close to a fiscal cliff deal? i asked cnn senior political
we have more now on those fiscal cliff talks today between president obama and house speaker john boehner. emily schmidt is in washington. >> reporter: it this been 23 days since president obama and house speaker john boehner met face to face to talk about how to avert it. that's until they met this afternoon. this was a surprise meeting. nobody spotted boehner coming or going. nobody is saying much beyond two statements, one from the white house, from one boehner's office. the wording...
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as soon as we get passed the fiscal cliff, president obama will have to meet again with boehner to discuss the debt ceiling. >>> steven baldwin was arrested and when he was released he wanted to come on this show and explain himself. that's next. how do you get fr. to here? at university of phoenix we're moving career planning forward so you can start figuring that out sooner. ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the best route... leads somewhere you weren't even looking. let's get to work. military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- what starts with adding a friend... ♪ ♪ ...could end with adding a close friend. ♪ the lexus december to rem
as soon as we get passed the fiscal cliff, president obama will have to meet again with boehner to discuss the debt ceiling. >>> steven baldwin was arrested and when he was released he wanted to come on this show and explain himself. that's next. how do you get fr. to here? at university of phoenix we're moving career planning forward so you can start figuring that out sooner. ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the...
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>>> boehner trying to prevent the fiscal cliff now 23 days away. no details on their conversations but reps for both sides say the lines of communication remain open. the last time the president and the speaker met in person to talk about the fiscal cliff was more than three weeks ago. >>> and just after midnight on sunday, making history. the governor signed the voter-approved referendum into law on wednesday. >>> and hugo chavez is returning to cuba for more cancer surgery but this time he is making sure a new leader is in place in case he doesn't return, and he named the vice president as his choice for a replacement in case something happens for him. the 58-year-old president is still scheduled to be sworn in for a new six--year-term on january 10th. >>> sad news for fans of music star jenny rivera. there doesn't appear to be any survivors. the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers early this morning. so far no cause has been given for that crash. >>> the national menorah in front of the white house was illuminated tonight marking the
>>> boehner trying to prevent the fiscal cliff now 23 days away. no details on their conversations but reps for both sides say the lines of communication remain open. the last time the president and the speaker met in person to talk about the fiscal cliff was more than three weeks ago. >>> and just after midnight on sunday, making history. the governor signed the voter-approved referendum into law on wednesday. >>> and hugo chavez is returning to cuba for more cancer...
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met face-to-face at the white house to prevent the fiscal cliff now just 23 day as way. we don't have any details of their conversation. reps for both sides say lines of communication remain open. >>> some gay couples living in washington state made history after sunday becoming the first legal same-sex marriages in the state. sarah and emily coiffeur were the first to get married at the king county courthouse in seattle. the governor signed the vote area proved referendum into law on wednesday. very sad news for jiffy riff air yachlt they found the wreckage after private jet carrying the mechl canal singer and six others and there doesn't appear to be any survivors. they lost contact with the air traffic controllers earlier this morning. >>> those are your headlines this hour. i'm don lemon keeping you informed. cnn, the most trusted name in news. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use le
met face-to-face at the white house to prevent the fiscal cliff now just 23 day as way. we don't have any details of their conversation. reps for both sides say lines of communication remain open. >>> some gay couples living in washington state made history after sunday becoming the first legal same-sex marriages in the state. sarah and emily coiffeur were the first to get married at the king county courthouse in seattle. the governor signed the vote area proved referendum into law on...
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the fiscal cliff. we're not reading out details of the conversation, but the lines of communication remain open. this meeting was not on the official white house schedule today. wednesday a source familiar with the conversation said the two actually spoke by phone. that was the first time in a week they had done so. certainly no reported break-through then. back on monday the president and the speaker were at the same event together, a holiday party at the white house. republican and democratic sources said the two didn't even talk there. john boehner said on friday the white house had wasted another week in potential compromise. at this point we don't know what caused today's movement, just that for the first time in a while the two sides are agreeing on something, even if it's just the wording of their statements about the meeting. >> emily, thank you. cnn's senior political analyst david ger begin joins gen joins cod. you're in front of the camera. >> i can see your snappy tie. >> getting a lot of l
the fiscal cliff. we're not reading out details of the conversation, but the lines of communication remain open. this meeting was not on the official white house schedule today. wednesday a source familiar with the conversation said the two actually spoke by phone. that was the first time in a week they had done so. certainly no reported break-through then. back on monday the president and the speaker were at the same event together, a holiday party at the white house. republican and democratic...
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of the fiscal cliff. we're just days before the congress and the white house has to hammer out a deal or everyone's going to suffer the consequences. emily, what have you learned about today's meeting? >> allison we know that today's meeting was not on the schedule today. so that means we have to rely on the word from the white house deputy press secretary and a congressional staffer which happens to be the exact same words. they released two separate statements, both identical and this is the statement. it says this afternoon the president and speaker boehner met at the white house to discuss efforts to resolve the fiscal cliff. we're not reading out details of the constitution, but the lines of communication remain. on wednesday, you'll remember a source familiar with the conversation said they did speak by phone, at that point it was the first time in a week they had done so. no reported breakthrough then. and then on monday, the president and speaker were at the same event together. it was a black tie
of the fiscal cliff. we're just days before the congress and the white house has to hammer out a deal or everyone's going to suffer the consequences. emily, what have you learned about today's meeting? >> allison we know that today's meeting was not on the schedule today. so that means we have to rely on the word from the white house deputy press secretary and a congressional staffer which happens to be the exact same words. they released two separate statements, both identical and this...
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playing it's cards right and for that we need a deal on the fiscal cliff. thank you for joining us on the conversation on "your money." have a great weekend. >>> hello, thank you for joining us. i'm allison cossack, fredericka whitfield is off. president and house speaker john boehner met today at the white house. we're not getting details yet as to how those negotiations went, except to stay that the lines of communications remained open. both sides of the fiscal cliff negotiations are much closer than you may think despite what law makes say publicly. jackie calms of the "new york times" picked up on something that lawmaker tim cole said recently. >> the republicans should just declare victory and taking the 98% of the tax cuts that they agree on and work next year on tax reform and see if they can't get the top rate back down again. it's hard to think that that's not where they're going to end up so why not make it clean instead of ugly. >> i think it's true that many people are saying privatery what tom cole said publicly on the show. but they believe t
playing it's cards right and for that we need a deal on the fiscal cliff. thank you for joining us on the conversation on "your money." have a great weekend. >>> hello, thank you for joining us. i'm allison cossack, fredericka whitfield is off. president and house speaker john boehner met today at the white house. we're not getting details yet as to how those negotiations went, except to stay that the lines of communications remained open. both sides of the fiscal cliff...
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president obama and house speaker boehner one-on-one in the fight over the fiscal cliff. we take the plunge in 25 days now. that means devastating tax hikes and spending cuts take hold at the start of the new year. congress breaks for the holidays in seven days. but democrats and republicans may be making headway. house speaker john boehner asked democratic leaders in the house and senate to get out of the way so he and the president can negotiate a deal alone. everyone seems to be on board. paul steinhauser is live in washington. nice to see you. new polls. what do americans want to see in a fiscal cliff deal? >> the polls are at these num, the big sticking points, should taxes be raised on those making over $250,000 a taxes would be raised if there's no deal to avert the fiscal cliff. yesterday as you said, the president was in northern virginia meeting with a middle class family who would suffer if there was no deal. last week the president went to suburban philadelphia, to a small business again to make the point of his side in these fiscal cliff negotiations. differe
president obama and house speaker boehner one-on-one in the fight over the fiscal cliff. we take the plunge in 25 days now. that means devastating tax hikes and spending cuts take hold at the start of the new year. congress breaks for the holidays in seven days. but democrats and republicans may be making headway. house speaker john boehner asked democratic leaders in the house and senate to get out of the way so he and the president can negotiate a deal alone. everyone seems to be on board....
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loudest conservative critics for a fiscal cliff proposal with $800 billion in tax increases. >> republicans should not be conceding that the federal government needs more money, negotiating with ourselves. >> reporter: demint really made a name for himself in recent years as a tea party king maker raising millions to help elect half a dozen like-minded conservatives to the senate. marco rubio, rand paul, johnson and ted cruz. >> i've played a role in stocking the senate with solid conservatives who are younger and brighter and better spokesmen than i am. and so i know i'm leaving the senate better than i found it. >> reporter: but demint also infuriated republican leaders by backing several gop primary candidates who could not win their senate seats. remember christine o'donnell? cnn is told senate republican leader mitch mcconnell was annoyed for backing o'donnell and a couple other losing candidates in 2010 and cost republicans the majority. at the time demint told us he was unapologetic and still is. you're trying to send a message to the gop establishment. >> the gop establishment is ou
loudest conservative critics for a fiscal cliff proposal with $800 billion in tax increases. >> republicans should not be conceding that the federal government needs more money, negotiating with ourselves. >> reporter: demint really made a name for himself in recent years as a tea party king maker raising millions to help elect half a dozen like-minded conservatives to the senate. marco rubio, rand paul, johnson and ted cruz. >> i've played a role in stocking the senate with...
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the fiscal cliff. we didn't hear a lot of production from it but we do hope to learn more about what was said if there are going to be further negotiations and whether they had a cocktail together. the white house press secretary jay carney is preparing to take that lectern in just moments. the seats will be full of the press corp. we'll bring it live when it gets we'll bring it live when it gets under way. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed b
the fiscal cliff. we didn't hear a lot of production from it but we do hope to learn more about what was said if there are going to be further negotiations and whether they had a cocktail together. the white house press secretary jay carney is preparing to take that lectern in just moments. the seats will be full of the press corp. we'll bring it live when it gets we'll bring it live when it gets under way. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be...
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will push back on president obama's demand for tax hikes on the rich when it comes to the fiscal cliff. but treasury secretary timothy geithner says the white house will not give in. >> no prospect to an agreement that doesn't involve those rates going up on the top 2% of the wealthiest americans. remember it's only 2%. >> geithner adds the obama administration is, quote, absolutely prepared to go off the cliff, if necessary. joining me now is van jones, cnn contributor and former obama administration official. good morning. >> god morning to you. >> so, van, i guess my first question that's eatsy for geithner to say, we're perfectly willing to go off the fiscal cliff. that means a tax hike on middle class americans and maybe some of them are thinking this morning i'm not really so happy geithner said that. >> it might have been inartful for him to say it the way he said it. i think he is making a very important point, which is that the american people did vote. they voted for the one thing the president said very clearly, which is that tax rates would go up on the wealthiest. it's an
will push back on president obama's demand for tax hikes on the rich when it comes to the fiscal cliff. but treasury secretary timothy geithner says the white house will not give in. >> no prospect to an agreement that doesn't involve those rates going up on the top 2% of the wealthiest americans. remember it's only 2%. >> geithner adds the obama administration is, quote, absolutely prepared to go off the cliff, if necessary. joining me now is van jones, cnn contributor and former...